Chapter 337: Rich in Heritage
To the south of the ambush place of Li Guo and others, on the official road of about five miles, a Houjin army was moving slowly, and behind them were groups of Guanzhong people, bound hand and foot by ropes, and slowly moving forward in the middle and rear of the army.
Whether it was because of the binding of hands and feet, the fact that several people were tied together by two ropes, or because of the surveillance and custody of the Tartar soldiers, the people in these gates could not escape at all, just like a flock of sheep, driven by the Tartars with whips, and were powerless to resist and let them be slaughtered.
"Let's go! Grinding, can't find death? ”
A Tartar soldier rode on a horse, and while shouting, he swung his whip violently, instantly whipping at a ragged Guannai people, and the man's body was trembling, baring his teeth in pain, walking a few steps quickly, not daring to make the slightest sound in his mouth, and he was very frightened.
The man walked a few steps so abruptly, and the ropes on his hands and feet immediately drove the people behind him, causing them to stumble suddenly, and quickly followed to speed up and keep up.
Not only that, but there are also horse-drawn carriages in the troops of the Houjin Army, pulling a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, as well as countless grains and grasses, and countless cattle and sheep!
The Tartars' invasion of Shanxi this time can be described as a fruitful harvest, and the operation was extremely smooth, and there were almost no major obstacles.
A little further in the middle of the group, Dolgon, Haug, and Sakha rode on horseback, slowly moving forward, chatting enthusiastically, and their words were full of accomplishment and excitement.
"Haha... Dolgon, Haoge, this time I went to Hetao to appease the Chahar Mongol Department, I didn't expect to be able to get the Yuan Dynasty's heirloom jade seal 'Treasure of the Imperial Palace', when the Great Khan saw it, he would be very happy, and after going back, he would definitely seriously injure us! ”
"Yes, with this jade seal of the Yuan Dynasty, the Great Khan can logically ascend the throne as emperor, establish a new national name, and justifiably summon other Mongolian tribes to submit to my Houjin."
"Yes, once that time comes, and the Mongolian tribes are subdued, the strength of my Houjin will increase greatly, and then I will be able to make the Joseon Dynasty, except for a big arm of the Ming Court, and enter the Central Plains, which will be just around the corner!"
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Between the words, the three of them talked very happily, without any scruples, Haoge said excitedly: "After returning to Liaodong this time, I must make a statement to my father Khan, we should attack the Ming Dynasty first, if we only get one Jinzhou, but other cities are not obtained, it will be protracted, I am afraid that it will be tired of labor, which is not conducive to our side." ”
"Oh, Hauge, what do you think we should do with Houjin? How to use soldiers? Sakha asked duly.
"In my opinion, we should first take a detour from Mongolia to enter the local villages of the Ming Dynasty, and our entry is because their monarch refuses to negotiate peace, and they will resent Emperor Chongzhen."
"That's right, Haoge, the Han people are a group of people who are uncertain and uncertain, not as united as our Manchus, no matter how critical and tense the situation is, they don't forget to fight in the nest. In this way, if we do this, we can shake the hearts of the people in the Guan, so that the Han people will not be able to fight against our Manchu people with one heart, and can only be slaughtered by our Houjin army. Dolgon nodded approvingly, and when he had finished speaking, he said no more, waiting for Hauge's words.
"Subsequently, then adopt the method of changing, and when we are fat, increase the use of artillery, the soldiers are divided into two routes, one of the men and horses out of Ningyuan, the other detour through the old Mongolian road, flanking Shanhaiguan, if it is not possible to attack for a long time, it will be stationed nearby, causing local thieves to use for their own use, the garrison is in Tongzhou, when the Ming army is slack, it is the best time for us to attack them."
"Well... Good... What a change method~" Sakha couldn't help but praise again and again, and went on to continue: "In this way, you can slowly map Chahar and North Korea, instead of often appeasing the Chahar Mongols like now, and you can't completely subdue them!" ”
Dolgon's eyes lit up, and he followed.
"Not only that, once this is done, it is equivalent to moving the battlefield to the south and putting it in the Tongzhou land in the pass, and after many years, the Ming army's defense in Shanhaiguan is bound to be relaxed, and it will give us an opportunity."
"Moreover, the most important thing is that if we can cultivate and support such a group of thieves, we don't have to be so troublesome in the future, and we have to wait until the chaotic army in the pass is strong before invading the pass."
"Yes, that's exactly what I meant!" Haoge heartily agreed, and then said: "If we only count on those chaotic troops in the Guannei, whenever they are extremely weak when they are surrounded and suppressed by the Ming court, we will also send troops to deal with them, lest they be completely exterminated and suppressed by the Ming court." ”
Hearing this, Dolgon and Sakha didn't say anything more, nodded lightly, and knew very well in their hearts that if there was no civil unrest in the Guannai, although the Ming court was in turmoil, it was not something that they could fight against Houjin.
After all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, the foundation of the Ming Empire is there, and the Houjin only has so many troops, and it is only 200,000 when it is full, if it is consumed, compared with the rich heritage of the Ming Court, the Houjin cannot afford it at all.
If the Ming court comes to fight against Houjin again, Houjin will definitely be defeated!
What's more, there were two other unstable factors on the left and right sides of the Later Jin, the staunch vassal state of Korea of the Ming court, and the vacillating and ambiguous Mongolian tribes.
Once the Ming court is strong, North Korea will inevitably send troops to help, and many Mongolian ministries are friendly with the Ming court, when the time comes, once the momentum is not good, it is bound to defect, and Houjin will face the danger of being attacked on three sides, and it is possible to perish!
Manpower is sometimes poor, and nothing more.
No matter how good the Houjin army can fight well, no matter how elite the iron cavalry is, facing an opponent dozens of times its own, it can only sigh with admiration, and there is only death.
And, of course, a hasty escape!
As soon as they thought of this, the three of them looked at each other, they were afraid for a while, and they couldn't help but look back at the captives behind them at the same time.
At this moment, a thought could not help but come to the minds of the three of them, if those Han men and women behind them were like them, they all resisted and struggled out of the restraints, even if they had no weapons, although they did not strangle the Houjin army, most of the more than 10,000 Manchu troops brought by the three would have to be lost!
Saha, Dolgon, and Hauge laughed, without the slightest worry, with their understanding of the servile nature of the Han people, the Han people behind them would never dare to resist, although there were tens of thousands of people, but they were just a group of small sheep to be slaughtered.
However, even so, Dolgon's expression flickered, his eyes flashed, and he said faintly: "There are too many Han people, even if the total population of Manchu and Mongolia is combined, it is not equal to one-tenth of it. Otherwise, our full country will never be stable! ”
"Dolgon, you are right, the Yuan Dynasty is the most obvious example, the huge base of the Han people, as long as there is such an opportunity, so that they can unite and unite with the outside world, they can overthrow the court established by any other nation."
Sakha Ling's echo immediately aroused the approval of the other two, and they all made the same decision, if history did not change, the Han people would experience an unprecedented catastrophe, the population would plummet, many provinces would appear uninhabited, and the Sichuan people would be almost exterminated.